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A thousand acres novel
A thousand acres novel









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SCENE 3: Later that day, while making the bed in her childhood home, Ginny is overcome with memories of being sexually abused by Larry as a child. Ty takes Larry’s side and Ginny is incredulous at his reaction. Ginny refuses and vows to keep up appearances. Harold, their next-door neighbor, and Marv, the family lawyer, suggest that Ginny and Rose should apologize to their father, lest the neighbors begin to talk. SCENE 2: Ginny and Ty learn that Larry is suing them to get the farm back. Ty and Pete return from their search without Larry, who has taken refuge with the neighbors. SCENE 1: Early the next morning, after the storm, Rose tries to get Ginny to admit that Larry sexually abused them as children. Unrepentant, Larry rages at Ginny and Rose, calling them whores, and runs off into the approaching storm. SCENE 9: Another Monopoly game is interrupted by the news that Larry has had a minor car accident while driving drunk. Larry accuses her of turning Caroline against him and vows to get the farm back. SCENE 8: Ginny confronts her father about his drinking and showing up at Caroline’s office unannounced. SCENE 7: On a walk in the fields behind her house, Ginny and Jess begin a love affair. During the Monopoly game that evening, they discuss Larry’s increasingly strange behavior, and Rose hints at a dark family secret. The sisters decide to host a family game night and invite Jess Clark. Rose makes Ginny promise that if anything should ever happen to her, Ginny will take care of Rose’s daughters, Pammy and Linda. SCENES 5-6: Ginny and Rose celebrate Rose’s recovery from breast cancer. He tells her about his 13 years away from the farm, and they make a connection.

a thousand acres novel

SCENE 4: Ginny greets the recently returned Jess Clark, a neighbor’s son, while he is out running. In a sudden outburst, Larry accuses Ginny and her sister Rose of turning Caroline against him. SCENE 3: Making breakfast for her father, as she does every morning, Ginny enthuses about the future of the farm while Larry broods. After he falls asleep, Ginny dreams of a baby, even after so many miscarriages.

a thousand acres novel

SCENE 2: Later that night, Ginny and her husband Ty discuss the future and Ty’s big plans. Larry tells her she’s out and shuts the door in her face. Ginny and Rose acquiesce but Caroline demurs, not wanting to give up her new life in Des Moines. At a gathering of friends and family, Larry Cook suddenly announces he will divide his farm among his three daughters.











A thousand acres novel